Cardiospermum halicacabum - Love In a Puff / and 50 similar items

This listing is for 10 Cardiospermum halicacabum - Love In a Puff / Balloon vine seeds. Cardiospermum is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. Common names of the members of this genus include Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed, and Heartseed Vine. http://www.pfaf.org/ states: "The whole plant is diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, laxative, refrigerant, rubefacient, stomachic and sudorific[218]. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, stiffness of the limbs and snakebite[240, 243]. The leaves are rubefacient, they are applied as a poultice in the treatment of rheumatism[240, 243]. A tea made from them is used in the treatment of itchy skin[218]. Salted leaves are used as a poultice on swellings[218].The leaf juice has been used as a treatment for earache[240, 243]. The root is diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, laxative and rubefacient[240]. It is occasionally used in the treatment of rheumatism, lumbago and nervous diseases[240]." Over all a beautiful and different vine for the garden. I enjoy seeing the little balloons in fall and think you will too. Thank you for looking!